October 2009 TG Terror Contest https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/taxonomy/term/4039/all en The River of Shadows https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/15507/river-shadows <section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-24 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Organizational:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/title-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Title Page</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Contests:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Other Keywords:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/supernatural" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supernatural</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/identity-crisis-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transitioning" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transitioning</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/historical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Historical</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:59:23 +0000 Belladonna 15507 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf A Night at the Food and Fuel https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15541/night-food-and-fuel <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/angela-rasch" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Angela Rasch</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/caught-with-consequences" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Caught with Consequences</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/high-heels-shoes-boots-feet" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">High heels / Shoes / Boots / Feet</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/terror-enough-so-that-your-skin-might-crawl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Terror - enough so that your skin might crawl</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Bart has never allowed Jenny out of the house. She thinks it’s high time to move forward -- but is it really a good idea?</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 09 Aug 2020 16:20:49 +0000 Angela Rasch 15541 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Library: Rewrite https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/17688/library-rewrite <section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/roberta-j-cabot" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Roberta J Cabot</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-24 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Organizational:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/title-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Title Page</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Contests:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/fiction" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">crossdressing</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-tags/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">horror</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/body-mind-or-soul-exchange" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Body, Mind or Soul Exchange</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> <br /> <center><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6814/lib-rewrite.jpg" /></center><br />   </p> </div></div></div> Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:10:32 +0000 bobbie-c 17688 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Witch's Tarot : Chapter 5 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/16571/witchs-tarot-chapter-5 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/nick-b" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Nick B</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-9" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Final Chapter</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/-final-frontier" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">The final frontier</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="6"><strong><big>The Witch’s Tarot</big></strong></font><br /> <font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="5"> © 2009–Nick B</font><br /> <img src="/topshelf/system/files/u2194/theWitchsTarot.jpg" width="367" height="275" alt="The Witch’s Tarot" /></div> <p><center>Compound, T-Cut, wax and other very high-class valeting by Gabi the Wise</center></p> </div></div></div> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:53:52 +0000 Nick B 16571 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Witch's Tarot : Chapter 4 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/16258/witchs-tarot-chapter-4 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/nick-b" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Nick B</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-8" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Serial Chapter</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="6"><strong><big>The Witch’s Tarot</big></strong></font><br /> <font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="5"> © 2009–Nick B</font><br /> <img src="/topshelf/system/files/u2194/theWitchsTarot.jpg" width="367" height="275" alt="The Witch’s Tarot" /></div> <p><center>Fine grade sandpapering, use of jeweller’s rouge and heavy-duty buffing mop by the Gabmeister</p> <hr /> <font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="5"><b>Chapter IV: Revelations</b></font></center></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:09:00 +0000 Nick B 16258 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The River of Shadows - Chapter 7 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/16033/river-shadows-chapter-7 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15/restricted-audience-r" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Restricted Audience (r)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-20" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Novel Chapter</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/contests-deals-bets-or-dares" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Contests, Deals, Bets or Dares</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/supernatural" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supernatural</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">HORROR</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" color="RED" size="5"><strong>Chapter 7</strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:57:40 +0000 Belladonna 16033 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Corpse of Shelley Poe https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15947/corpse-shelley-poe <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/rasufelle" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Rasufelle</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Science Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/too-late-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Too late for contest</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/gothic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gothic</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This is a story that I wrote for the BCTS Halloween 2009 TG Terror contest. I didn't finish it in time, but I still wanted to put it up for people to read.</p> <p>WARNING: This story was written in the gothic style: Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, etc. The language is unwieldy and antiquated on purpose -- if this turns you off on reading it, please still give it a chance, though I should also remind you that the chosen subject matter fits right along with the style, so be prepared.</p> <p>-----<br /> The Corpse of Shelley Poe</p> <p>By Melanie Ezell<br /> -----<br /> <break></p> <p></break></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:09:09 +0000 Rasufelle 15947 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Witch's Tarot : Chapter 3 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15909/witchs-tarot-chapter-3 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/nick-b" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Nick B</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-8" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Serial Chapter</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="6"><strong><big>The Witch’s Tarot</big></strong></font><br /> <font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="5"> © 2009–Nick B</font><br /> <img src="/topshelf/system/files/u2194/theWitchsTarot.jpg" width="367" height="275" alt="The Witch’s Tarot" /></div> <p><center>Polished by Gabs :)</center></p> </div></div></div> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:28:10 +0000 Nick B 15909 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Witch's Tarot : Chapter 2 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15831/witchs-tarot-chapter-2 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/nick-b" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Nick B</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-8" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Serial Chapter</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="6"><strong><big>The Witch’s Tarot</big></strong></font><br /> <font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="5"> © 2009–Nick B</font><br /> <img src="/topshelf/system/files/u2194/theWitchsTarot.jpg" width="367" height="275" alt="The Witch’s Tarot" /></div> <p><center><em>Edited, proofed and generally made what it is by the Gabmeister</em></center></p> <div align="center">A burning witch, a pack of cards and a fancy dress party. What can possibly go wrong?</div> </div></div></div> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:51:42 +0000 Nick B 15831 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Valley of the Shadow of Death https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15804/valley-shadow-death <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/mona-lisa" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mona Lisa</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-25 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/caution/caution-referenced-discussed-suicide" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CAUTION: Referenced / Discussed Suicide</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/crossdressing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crossdressing</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/adventure" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Adventure</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/romance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Romance</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/lesbian-romance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Lesbian Romance</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/romantic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Romantic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/sweet-sentimental" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sweet / Sentimental</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="Helvetica" size="6" color="#6655bb"><strong>The Valley of<br /> The Shadow of Death</strong></font></div> <p><center><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="black"><strong>by Monalisa</strong></font></center><br /> In the dark of the night, surrounded by the silence of his empty house, he began the preparations to end his sixteen years of suffering. He had chosen to carry out his plans on Halloween night. His mother was away on business until the next day, his sister was out all night with her friends, and Halloween made it possible to implement a critical component of his plans. </p> </div></div></div> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:01:24 +0000 MonaLisa 15804 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Shaping - Revised https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15800/shaping-revised <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/maggie-finson" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Maggie Finson</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/retro-clothing-petticoats-crinolines" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Retro-clothing / Petticoats / Crinolines</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>I've edited this story some and added bits that will help things make more sense, as promised.</p> <p><big><strong><br /> <div align="center">The Shaping</p> <p>By</p> <p>Maggie Finson</div> <p></strong><br /> </big></p> <p><em>A house can be many things. It can be shelter from the elements, a place to hang your hat and coat after work, a haven from the madly rushing world in general, a home filled with warmth, comfort and the sounds of friends and loved ones.</em></p> <p><em>But sometimes, a house goes bad.</em></p> <hr /> <div align="center"><strong>The House in the Dell</strong></div> </div></div></div> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:01:45 +0000 Maggie_Finson 15800 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf TopShelf's October 2009 TG Terror Contest https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/page/15406/topshelfs-october-2009-tg-terror-contest <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <table border="0"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u1973/VampireGirl.jpg" width="260" align="left" /> </td> <td width="30"> </td> <div align="center"> <td><font size="7" color="blue" face="comic sans ms"></font></p> <div align="center"><font face="verdana" size="5" color="darkblue"><em><strong>TopShelf's</strong></em></font></div> <div align="center"><font face="georgia" size="7" color="#991111"><em> <font color="darkblue">October</font><font color="#ff11ff"> T</font><font color="#3366ee">G</font> <font color="#ff3333">Terror </font></em></font></div> <div align="center"><font face="verdana" size="5" color="darkblue"><em><strong>Contest</strong></em></font></div> <div align="center"><font size="2" color="blue" face="comic sans ms">Entry Submission Dates are from October 1, 2009 until October 22, 2009.<br /> Voting Dates are from Saturday October 24, 2009 - Friday October 30, 2009<br /> The Big Spooky Revelation Night to find the lucky ghouls &amp; guys who won is, of course, on Saturday October 31, 2009!</font> </div> <div align="center"><font size="4" color="red" face="comic sans ms"><strong>Contest Over! Voting to Begin Soon!</strong></font></div> <p><font face="georgia">The time is here to bring out the spookiness, fear, and horror of Halloween into writing! Come up with a story, that deals with a character that is TG or became TG throughout its course of flow and fill it in with frightening stuff! That simple! Any genre, any plot device, any time period (even prehistoric!) The Contest will last a total of 3 weeks for submissions (October 1, 2009 - October 22, 2009).<font></font></font></td> </div> </tr> </table> </div> </div></div></div><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/administrator" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Administrator</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/sephrena-lynn-miller" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Sephrena Lynn Miller</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Contests:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Other Keywords:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/cash-prize-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Cash Prize Contest</a></li></ul></section> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:51:49 +0000 Sephrena Lynn Miller 15406 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Second Chances https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15787/second-chances <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/new-author" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New Author</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/lost" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Lost</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-23" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Complete</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-regression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Regression</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/hypnosis-mind-control-brainwashed" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hypnosis / Mind-Control / Brainwashed</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/fresh-start" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fresh Start</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/memory-loss" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Memory Loss</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/slow-change" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">slow change</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="verdana,arial,geneva,sanserif" size="6" color="#A05">Second Chances</font></div> <p><center><font face="verdana,arial,geneva,sanserif" size="4" color="#603">by Lost</font></center></p> <div align="center">When Jake Anderson breaks into an abandoned old house, he finds that it wasn't quite as abandoned as he'd first thought.</div> </div></div></div> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:44:11 +0000 Lost 15787 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The River of Shadows - Chapter 6 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15782/river-shadows-chapter-6 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-20" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Novel Chapter</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/identity-crisis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">HORROR</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" color="RED" size="5"><strong>Chapter 6</strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:24:12 +0000 Belladonna 15782 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Witch's Tarot : Chapter 1 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15771/witchs-tarot-chapter-1 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/nick-b" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Nick B</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-8" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Serial Chapter</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="6"><strong><big>The Witch’s Tarot</big></strong></font><br /> <font face="papyrus, verdana, serif" size="5"> © 2009–Nick B</font><br /> <img src="/topshelf/system/files/u2194/theWitchsTarot.jpg" width="367" height="275" alt="The Witch's Tarot" /></div> <p><center><em>Edited, proofed and generally tweaked by the remarkable Gabi–thanks girly :)</em></center></p> <div align="center">A burning witch, a pack of cards and a fancy dress party. What can possibly go wrong?</div> </div></div></div> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:46:17 +0000 Nick B 15771 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Down to Earth - Part 1 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15761/down-earth-part-1 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/drea-dimaggio" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Drea DiMaggio</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong><br /> <div align="center"><em><font face="bradley hand itc" size="6" color="#903">All Hallows Eve</font></em></div> <p> </p> <div align="center"> <div align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6664/1129737029_HPicsAngelsblue.jpg" width="400" height="212" alt="" /></div> </div> <p><font face="bradley hand itc" size="4" color="#603"><em><br /> <div align="center">by Andrea Lena DiMaggio</div> <p></em></font></strong></p> </div></div></div> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:55:14 +0000 Andrea Lena 15761 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Nightmare Girl 3 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15754/nightmare-girl-3 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/terry-volkirch" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Terry Volkirch</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/supernatural" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supernatural</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/complete-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Complete</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><em><strong><font size="24" color="#0066FF">Nightmare Girl</font></strong></em></center></p> <p><center><strong>by Terry Volkirch</strong></center></p> <p><center><font color="#6600FF">A young teenage boy is troubled by a strange recurring nightmare and he's willing to do almost anything to try to end it.</font></center></p> <p>Note: I want to thank Angela Rasch for her help with this story. She's been very kind and patient with me.</p> <p>IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO HORROR: This story has some elements of horror but it has a happy ending. I hope you give it a chance. Thanks.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:58:58 +0000 terrynaut 15754 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Symbols https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15747/symbols <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/new-author" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New Author</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/suzie" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">SuZie</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Science Fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College Life</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/bizarre-body-modifications" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bizarre Body Modifications</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/magic-sorcery-wizardry" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic / Sorcery / Wizardry</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Philosophers have often noted that the symbols we use shape our thoughts. They hold power over us. But it is a power we freely give to them. Symbols hold no power that we have not first granted. So, my friends, on this spooky Halloween night, remember: accept not the symbols of others.</em></p> <div align="center"> <table> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><font size="7" color="black" face="papyrus, verdana, serif"><strong>Symbols</strong></font></div> <p><center><font size="5" color="black" face="Helvetica"><strong>by SuZie</strong></font></center></td> <td width="40"> </td> <td><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u1973/normal_abstract-wallpaper---36---1600x1200.jpg" width="300" /></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div></div></div> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:50:14 +0000 SuZie 15747 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Nightmare Girl 2 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15745/nightmare-girl-2 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/terry-volkirch" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Terry Volkirch</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/supernatural" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supernatural</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><em><strong><font size="24" color="#0066FF">Nightmare Girl</font></strong></em></center></p> <p><center><strong>by Terry Volkirch</strong></center></p> <p><center><font color="#6600FF">A young teenage boy is troubled by a strange recurring nightmare and he's willing to do almost anything to try to end it.</font></center></p> <p>Note: I want to thank Angela Rasch for her help with this story. She's been very kind and patient with me.</p> <p>IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO HORROR: This story has some elements of horror but it has a happy ending. I hope you give it a chance. Thanks.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:39:34 +0000 terrynaut 15745 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The River of Shadows - Chapter 5 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15742/river-shadows-chapter-5 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-20" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Novel Chapter</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College Life</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">HORROR</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/insert-cliche-keyword-give-away-plot-here" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Insert Cliche keyword to give away plot here</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" color="RED" size="5"><strong>Chapter 5</strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:30:52 +0000 Belladonna 15742 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Worse Fates than Death https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15732/worse-fates-than-death <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/saless" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Saless</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-25 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/caution/caution-rape-sexual-assault" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CAUTION: Rape / Sexual Assault</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/explicit-content" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">EXPLICIT CONTENT</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-regression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Regression</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/crime-punishment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crime / Punishment</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/hypnosis-mind-control-brainwashed" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hypnosis / Mind-Control / Brainwashed</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/caution" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CAUTION</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" color="#990000" size="7"><b>Worse Fates than Death</b></font><br /> <font face="Comic Sans MS" color="#CC0088" size="4"><b><big>by Saless</big></b></font><br />  <br /> <i>It's never too late for revenge. But death is far too easy for some people...</i></div> </div></div></div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:46:46 +0000 Saless 15732 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Nightmare Girl https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/15729/nightmare-girl <section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/terry-volkirch" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Terry Volkirch</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Audience Rating:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-24 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Organizational:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/title-page" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Title Page</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Contests:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Other Keywords:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/supernatural" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supernatural</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/complete-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Complete</a></li></ul></section><section class="field field-name-taxonomyextra field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above view-mode-teaser"><h2 class="field-label">Taxonomy upgrade extras:&nbsp;</h2><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></section><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><em><strong><font size="24" color="#0066FF">Nightmare Girl</font></strong></em></center></p> <p><center><strong>by Terry Volkirch</strong></center></p> <p><center><font color="#6600FF">A young teenage boy is troubled by a strange recurring nightmare and he's willing to do almost anything to try to end it.</font></center></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:46:32 +0000 terrynaut 15729 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Nightmare Girl 1 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15728/nightmare-girl-1 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/terry-volkirch" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Terry Volkirch</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/supernatural" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supernatural</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><em><strong><font size="24" color="#0066FF">Nightmare Girl</font></strong></em></center></p> <p><center><strong>by Terry Volkirch</strong></center></p> <p><center><font color="#6600FF">A young teenage boy is troubled by a strange recurring nightmare and he's willing to do almost anything to try to end it.</font></center></p> <p>Note: I want to thank Angela Rasch for her help with this story. She's been very kind and patient with me.</p> <p>IMPORTANT NOTE FOR THOSE WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO HORROR: This story has some elements of horror but it has a happy ending. I hope you give it a chance. Thanks.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:42:21 +0000 terrynaut 15728 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Howling In Terror https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15726/howling-terror <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/miranda-epidote" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Miranda Epidote</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center">Sometimes, the daemons from our past are still lurking under the bed...</div> <div align="center"><big><big><big><strong>Howling In Terror</strong></big></big></big></div> <p><center><big><big><strong><em>by Miranda Epidote</em></strong></big></big></center></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:58:59 +0000 Miranda 15726 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The Library: Rewrite, Part 1 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15725/library-rewrite-part-1 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/roberta-j-cabot" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Roberta J Cabot</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-8" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Serial Chapter</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>  </p> <table> <tr> <td width="20%"> <div align="right">   </div> </td> <td width="40%"> <div><center><font face="georgia" size="6" color="#ff00ff"><em><strong><big>The Library: Rewrite</big></strong></em></font></p> <tr> <td width="20%"> <div align="right">  <br />  <br /> <img src="/topshelf/system/files/u6814/lib-rewrite-chapters.jpg" width="200" /></div> </td> <td width="40%"> <div><center><font face="georgia" size="5" color="#ff00ff"><em><strong><big>Part One: How It All Started</big></strong></em></font></center><br /> <center><font face="georgia" size="4" color="black"><em><strong>by Roberta J. Cabot</strong></em></font></center><br /> Ghosts in the library. A fairly common story for Halloween . Telling such stories, especially around a campfire at night, is fun. Heck, it’s almost a tradition — a ghostly figure that you see from the corner of your eye as you work on your homework in the library, eerie sounds, unexplained movements like doors closing or chairs moving et cetera. Old hat. Hackneyed, even. Thing is, I was the one who saw them, experienced them. It might even have been okay if that was all, and if they just happen occasionally, and at night. But the thing was, the weird stuff started happening in the daytime as well, and during class. And it all started when my eyes changed color…</p> <p>My name is Mark. And this is my Halloween story.</p> <p><center><i>(an official story-entry to Topshelf’s<br /> <b>2009 October TG Terror Contest)</b></i></center> </div> </td> </tr> <p></center></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div></div></div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:17:14 +0000 bobbie-c 15725 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf You've Got Mail https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15701/youve-got-mail <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/edeyn-hannah-blackeney" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Edeyn Hannah Blackeney</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><font face="arial" size="5" color="#ee5555">You've Got Mail</font><br /> <font face="georgia" size="3" color="#000000"><em>by Edeyn Hannah Blackeney</em></font></center></p> </div></div></div> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:37:41 +0000 edeyn 15701 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Ghost Bust-ers https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15695/ghost-bust-ers <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/paula-dillon" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Paula Dillon</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-6" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">17,500 &lt; Novella &lt; 40,000 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/accidental" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Accidental</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center">Alan Jamison is the normal, logical and scientific son of his strange paranormal investigating parents.<br /> He goes on a haunt with them on Halloween and gets busted.</div> <div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="red"><strong><big>Ghost Bust-ers</big></strong></font></div> <p><center><font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="black"><strong>by Paula Dillon</strong></font></center></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:15:12 +0000 Paula_D 15695 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf One Dark and Stormy Night--Chapter 3 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15646/one-dark-and-stormy-night-chapter-3 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/marli" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Marli</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15/restricted-audience-r" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Restricted Audience (r)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-regression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Regression</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-progression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Progression</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/body-mind-or-soul-exchange" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Body, Mind or Soul Exchange</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u7004/stormynight.jpg" width="500" /></div> <p>I grit my teeth against the terror I felt. Whatever it was, was writhing about 10 feet in front of me. I moved closer, the flashlight beam shining straight and shaking like a leaf in a hailstorm.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:14:44 +0000 Marli 15646 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The River of Shadows - Chapter 4 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15630/river-shadows-chapter-4 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-20" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Novel Chapter</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-6" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">17,500 &lt; Novella &lt; 40,000 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College Life</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/identity-crisis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" color="RED" size="5"><strong>Chapter 4</strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:23:36 +0000 Belladonna 15630 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Users https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15622/users <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/joannebarbarella" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Joannebarbarella</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-25 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/caution/caution-rape-sexual-assault" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CAUTION: Rape / Sexual Assault</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/explicit-content" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">EXPLICIT CONTENT</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/crime-punishment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crime / Punishment</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/tricked-outsmarted" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked / Outsmarted</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/fiction-fortunately" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction fortunately</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/perversions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Perversions</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/definitely-not-nice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Definitely Not Nice</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><big><big><strong>USERS</strong></big></big></div> <p><center>By Joannebarbarella</center></p> <div align="center"><em>Be warned! This IS a horror story. It’s not nice!<br /> On Halloween, <strong>nasty things</strong> happen.</em><br /> </p> <p><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u3362/l_493edd30ea163007c5ea93ae38e4f7cc.jpg" width="180" height="270" alt="l_493edd30ea163007c5ea93ae38e4f7cc.jpg" /></p> <p><em><small>Special thanks to <strong>Kristina LS </strong>for her usual fantastic job of editing and suggesting a much better ending than the one I originally wrote.</small></em></div> </div></div></div> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:50:59 +0000 joannebarbarella 15622 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Die Pretty https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15598/die-pretty <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/grover" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Grover</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/teen-slasher-flick" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teen Slasher Flick</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/suggested-bood-and-gore" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Suggested Bood and Gore</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"> <table> <tr> <td><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u1736/butcher_knife_thumbnail.jpg" width="150" /></td> <td width="30"> </td> <td>If I had to die, I wanted, I had to die pretty.<br /> </p> <div align="center"><big><big><strong><em>Die Pretty</em></strong></big></big><br /> by<br /> <big><strong>Grover</strong></big></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div></div></div> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000 grover 15598 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf One Dark and Stormy Night--Chapter 2 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15594/one-dark-and-stormy-night-chapter-2 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/marli" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Marli</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15/restricted-audience-r" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Restricted Audience (r)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-6" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">17,500 &lt; Novella &lt; 40,000 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/comedy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comedy</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/accidental" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Accidental</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-progression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Progression</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/body-mind-or-soul-exchange" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Body, Mind or Soul Exchange</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u7004/stormynight.jpg" width="500" /></div> <p><font size="2">I performed a thorough search of the house. I even went into the living room, thinking maybe if I was in time, or if they appeared hanging by the neck maybe I could save them and to prepare for such an occurrence, I had retrieved my Gerber multi-tool from my backpack and extricated the blade in case of wayward friends suddenly appearing with a hangman's noose around their neck. </font></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:32:16 +0000 Marli 15594 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf One Dark and Stormy Night--Chapter 1 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15580/one-dark-and-stormy-night-chapter-1 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/new-author" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New Author</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/marli" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Marli</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15/restricted-audience-r" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Restricted Audience (r)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/comedy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comedy</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/accidental" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Accidental</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/age-progression" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Age Progression</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/body-mind-or-soul-exchange" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Body, Mind or Soul Exchange</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/gay-romance" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gay Romance</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/identity-crisis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/mature-thirty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature / Thirty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><img src="/topshelf/system/files/u7004/stormynight.jpg" width="500" height="300" alt="stormynight.jpg" /></center><br /> <font size="2">One November First morning the mailman knocked on her door to deliver a package, and the door opened to reveal Mother Hubbard, dangling naked from a rope in the middle of her living room. She hadn't written any kind of suicide note, and the police had noted that it would have been impossible for her to stand on anything that high up. The case remained open, even to this day, as they could not ascertain how anyone could have hung a rope from a fifteen foot high beam.</font></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:45:14 +0000 Marli 15580 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The River of Shadows - Chapter 3 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15563/river-shadows-chapter-3 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-20" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Novel Chapter</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College Life</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/identity-crisis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/real-world" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Real World</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/insert-witty-relevant-keyword-here" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Insert Witty Relevant Keyword here</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" color="RED" size="5"><strong>Chapter 3</strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:48:51 +0000 Belladonna 15563 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf It Just Pours https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15537/it-just-pours <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/kristina-ls" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Kristina L.S.</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/identity-crisis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/confusion-and-fear" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">confusion and fear</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="Papyrus, Verdana, Serif" size="6" color="#000033"><big>It Just Pours</big></font><br /> <br /> <font face="Serif" size="5" color="#000033"><em>by Kristina L S</em></font></div> <p> </p> <div align="center">What's that saying, 'It never rains but it pours', yeah well you better believe it.<br /> And you really don't want to get caught out. It can be messy... and wet. </div> </div></div></div> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:40:55 +0000 kristina l s 15537 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Deus Ex https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15533/deus-ex <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/jaye-michael" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jaye Michael</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/comedy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Comedy</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><strong><font face="verdana,arial,geneva,sanserif" size="6" color="#A05">Deus Ex</font><br /> <font face="verdana,arial,geneva,sanserif" size="4" color="#903">Jaye Michael</font></p> <p> </p> <p>WAKING EPISODE ONE</strong></div> <p> </p> <p>Darkness. I wonder what time it is. Time to stretch and roll over.</p> <p>Hey! What gives? I can’t move. </p> </div></div></div> Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:20:58 +0000 Jaye Michael 15533 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The River of Shadows - Chapter 2 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15504/river-shadows-chapter-2 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-20" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Novel Chapter</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transitioning" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transitioning</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/accidental" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Accidental</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College Life</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" color="RED" size="5"><strong>Chapter 2</strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:12:20 +0000 Belladonna 15504 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Halloween - The House of Bamberg https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15476/halloween-house-bamberg <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/new-author" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New Author</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/author/katherine-ariel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Katherine Ariel</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15/restricted-audience-r" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Restricted Audience (r)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/bad-boy-good-girl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bad Boy to Good Girl</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/crime-punishment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Crime / Punishment</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/estrogen-hormones" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Estrogen / Hormones</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><big><big><big><strong>Halloween — The House of Bamberg</strong></big></big></big></div> <p><center><big><strong>by Kathy Ariel</strong></big></center></p> <div align="center">  <br /> My name was once Katherine and this is my story. </div> </div></div></div> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:30:38 +0000 Katherine Rebecca Ariel 15476 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Mirror Karma - A Mirror on the Door Story https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15471/mirror-karma-mirror-door-story <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/kristine-read" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Kristine Read</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-23" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Complete</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction/other-worlds" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Other Worlds</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction/marvelous-gadgets" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Marvelous Gadgets</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/senior-sixty" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Senior / Sixty+</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><strong><font face="verdana,arial,geneva,sanserif" size="6" color="#999922">Mirror Karma<br /> A Mirror on the Door Story</font></strong></div> <p><center><font face="verdana,arial,geneva,sanserif" size="4" color="purple"><em><strong>by Kristine Roland</strong></em></font></p> <p><em>Claire's good friend Jeffrey went through a mirror in the door, what effect did that have on Claire's life?</em></center></p> </div></div></div> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:42:51 +0000 KristineRead 15471 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf The River of Shadows - Chapter 1 https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15467/river-shadows-chapter-1 <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/alyssa-plant" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Alyssa Plant</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-20" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Novel Chapter</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-5" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">7,500 &lt; Novelette &lt; 17,500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transitioning" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transitioning</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/mystery-or-suspense" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mystery or Suspense</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/historical" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Historical</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/school-or-college-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">School or College Life</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/voluntary" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Voluntary</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/identity-crisis" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Crisis</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/supernatural" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supernatural</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div align="center"><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="#ff6633"><strong><em>The River of Shadows</em></strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" color="RED" size="5"><strong>Chapter 1</strong></font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="#cc3333"><big>by Alyssa Plant</big></font></div> <p> <br /> <em>A high school senior heads to Boston to visit his sister for Halloween. A twist of fate reveals something they would never have admited alone... and it proves to be the one thing that may keep them alive when the best laid plans of a group of college students are lain waste by a force of terrible evil and corruption that has thrived for centuries... Can Charlie Kane be strong enough to live? or will the River of Shadows claim yet another victim...?<br /> </em></p> </div></div></div> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:13:50 +0000 Belladonna 15467 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Infected https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15443/infected <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/taveena" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Taveena</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transgender</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction/day-after-tomorrow" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Day after Tomorrow</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/transgender/transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/genre/science-fiction-0" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Science Fiction</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><br /> <b><strong><font size="6">Infected</font></strong></b><br />  <br /> <em>A half hearted attempt at a horror story by Taveena</em><br /> </center></p> </div></div></div> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:25:23 +0000 Taveena 15443 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Horror-bama https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15438/horror-bama <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/jennifer-sue" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Jennifer Sue</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/general-audience-pg" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">General Audience (pg)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/preteen-or-intermediate" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Preteen or Intermediate</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Horror-bama<br /> by Jennifer Sue</p> <p>WASHINGTON, DC September 27, 2009 (from the Associated Press)</p> <p>Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:45:30 +0000 Jennifer Sue 15438 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Silver Blood: Vendetta https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15426/silver-blood-vendetta <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/stanman" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stanman</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/horror" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Horror</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/animal-furry-non-human" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Animal / Furry / Non-human</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/bad-boy-good-girl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bad Boy to Good Girl</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/stuck" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Stuck</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/fresh-start" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Fresh Start</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/caution" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CAUTION</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/dominance-submission-bondage" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Dominance &amp; Submission / Bondage</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/girls-school-school-girl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Girls&#039; School / School Girl</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/partial-transformations" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Partial Transformations</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/wedding-dress-married-bridesmaid" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wedding Dress / Married / Bridesmaid</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/identity-theft" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Identity Theft</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/college-twenties" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">College / Twenties</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/tricked" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Tricked</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/contests" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Contests</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/femdom-humiliation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Femdom / Humiliation</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/deals" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Deals</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/bets-or-dares" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bets or Dares</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/tg-other-keywords/wishes" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Wishes</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/hypnosis-/-mind-control-/-brainwashed" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Hypnosis / Mind-Control / Brainwashed</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/caught-with-consequence" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Caught with Consequence</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><table> <tr> <td> <center><font size="6" color="green" face="Geneva"><strong>Silver Blood</strong></font><br /> <font size="5" color="green" face="Geneva">Vendetta</font></p> <p><big><big>By Stanman63</big></big></p> <p><em>Edited By JennFl</em></center></p> <p>Synopsis:<br /> Sean Van Helsing is the last of the legendary Van Helsing line. He has continued his families legacy of fighting against all creatures of the night against which as a Van Helsing, he is immune. But he has a secret desire that he must not indulge in or risk ending the Van Helsing line. Dracula, his arch enemy has used his magic to curse the Van Helsing line, turning Sean's desire against him.</p> <p>Running away, the now feminized Sean finds the Silver Blood Foundation where they help her by teaching the cursed Van Helsing how to fight without her immunity nor with her vampiric abilities, making her a slayer. Shaun discover love and a secret that lets her become a full female, using her latent slayer powers to complete the transformation. Now, ready, she returns home to confront Dracula and end his tyranny.</td> </tr> </table> </div></div></div> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:17:59 +0000 stanman63 15426 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Bobby's Girl https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15425/bobbys-girl <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/laika" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Laika</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/mature-subjects-pg15" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Mature Subjects (pg15)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/publication/publication-4" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">500 &lt; Short Story &lt; 7500 words</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-3 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/genre/magic" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Magic</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-themes/accidental" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Accidental</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-6 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/tg-elements/halloween" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Halloween</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/character-age/teenage-or-high-school" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Teenage or High School</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-22 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/other-keywords/blurred-content" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">blurred for content</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Since tenth grade Jane had dreamed an impossible dream. Bobby Dukakis was the hearthrob of her high school, and though she loved him madly she knew there wasn't a chance in hell that he would ever be interested in anyone as plain &amp; uninteresting as her. But now on Halloween night of her senior year, in the light of a full moon and with the help of a strange book she'd found at a garage sale, she would recite the spell that would turn her from a dumpy little nobody into...</p> <p><center><strong><font face="comic sans ms" size="6" color="deeppink">BOBBY'S GIRL</font><br /> <font face="comic sans ms" size="4" color="red">Laika Pupkino ~ 2009</font></strong></center></p> </div></div></div> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:03:25 +0000 laika 15425 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf Eulogy https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/15035/eulogy <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-8 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/author/edeyn-hannah-blackeney" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Edeyn Hannah Blackeney</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-25 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/caution/caution-suicide" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">CAUTION: Suicide</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/audience-rating/explicit-content" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">EXPLICIT CONTENT</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-14 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/contests/october-2009-tg-terror-contest" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">October 2009 TG Terror Contest</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-11 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/topshelf/permission/posted-authors" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Posted by author(s)</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><center><em><font face="georgia"><font size="7"><strong>Eulogy</strong></font><br /> <font size="3">A story of inner strength taxed to breaking...</font><br /> <font size="5">by Edeyn Hannah Blackeney</font></font></em></center></p> </div></div></div> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:55:21 +0000 edeyn 15035 at https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf
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